TAISE's Plastics Forum
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This forum was organized by the Taiwan Instiute for Sustainable Energy (TAISE) in the context of the United Nations Global Treaty on Plastics.
Air traffic. hazards (include lead)
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See this recent article about how (piston-engine) airplanes contribute to lead contamination.https://capitalandmain.com/faa-must-move-faster-to-remove-leaded-fuels-from-the-skies
And this article about how airport expansions happen (likely without much downwind input): https://www.ocregister.com/2019/04/30/orange-county-faces-balancing-act-with-john-wayne-airport-plans/
Gardening labor is especially socially vulnerable
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Community interviews have found that many household have members that are gardeners. Research has shown that garndening labor is especially socially vulnerable and hard to protect through organizing. See: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M5_McMmsbcb_s2Qn17XtnFQ3HBeC2hcfYSBYrqmDB-0/edit?usp=sharing . Also see Sal Zarate's work: https://www.zotero.org/groups/130725/disastersts/collections/ICRQQ8PM
Pesticide hazards in gardening labor
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MPNA-GREEN's Community Research Board is conducting community interviews and learned that there are professional gardeners in many households, which likely comes with significant exposre to pesticides, likely brining them home to their families. See, for example, this recent study: https://www.ehn.org/glyphosate-childrens-health-2659484037.html, and there is always worries about endocrine disrupting chemicals in ag work.
California Healthy Places Index
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This photo essay offers a visual example of maps that can be created using the California Healthy Places Index. It specifically focus on various health-related indicators in Santa Ana, California.